Bill Status of HB2899  93rd General Assembly

Short Description:  SCH CD-TEACHR-BONUS-REPAY LOAN

House Sponsors
Rep. Robert W. Churchill - Frank Aguilar - Rich Brauer - Raymond Poe - Jim Watson, Sidney H. Mathias, Ed Sullivan, Jr., Rosemary Mulligan and Carole Pankau

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.132 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program to provide signing bonuses to teachers who contract with the State Board to teach in a public school, for a minimum of 5 consecutive school years, in a school district that has a shortage of teachers or in a subject area that has a shortage of teachers, with the State Board determining the amount of the bonus. Also requires the State Board to establish and administer a loan repayment program for teachers who contract with the State Board to teach in a public school, for a minimum of 5 consecutive school years, in a school district that has a shortage of teachers or in a subject area that has a shortage of teachers, with the State Board awarding a grant to a teacher under contract in an amount that equals 50% of the amount in higher education student loans that the person must repay that school year. Effective July 1, 2003.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/21/2003HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Churchill
  2/21/2003HouseFirst Reading
  2/21/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/26/2003HouseAssigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
  3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
  3/5/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carole Pankau
  3/13/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die